truekoa
Junior Member
- Joined
- Sep 15, 2015
- Posts
- 23
- Reaction score
- 0
- Location
- USA
- First Name
- Khoa
- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- C10
- Engine Size
- 350
Hi Guys, I'm in the middle of replacing the Detent cable on my 1984 Silverado. I've secured the top part of the cable in the throttle body bracket but I can't for the life of me get the end that goes into the transmission to fit onto the metal wire coming out of the housing.
I looked online as well as searching the forums here and the other metal wires I've seen are U shaped almost, so once you managed to thread it into the TV cable transmission end you are done and can stuff it back in and bolt it up. However, my metal wire is L shaped, so although I can get it onto the lower part of the L shape, I would need to wiggle it and turn it to make it all the way up the L to secure it before putting it into the housing.
Are there any tricks or special tools to accomplish this? It seems so simple yet I've spent over 2 hours just trying to thread that metal wire into the cable. Is it safe to straighten the bend in the metal wire, feed the TV cable end onto it and bend it on the other end to secure it?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance.
I looked online as well as searching the forums here and the other metal wires I've seen are U shaped almost, so once you managed to thread it into the TV cable transmission end you are done and can stuff it back in and bolt it up. However, my metal wire is L shaped, so although I can get it onto the lower part of the L shape, I would need to wiggle it and turn it to make it all the way up the L to secure it before putting it into the housing.
Are there any tricks or special tools to accomplish this? It seems so simple yet I've spent over 2 hours just trying to thread that metal wire into the cable. Is it safe to straighten the bend in the metal wire, feed the TV cable end onto it and bend it on the other end to secure it?
Any advice is appreciated, thanks in advance.